Carnegie Mellon University Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition

Carnegie Mellon Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition

Faculty Profile
The CNBC encompasses a group of 74 faculty, 80 graduate students, 32 post-doctoral fellows and 10 core administrative staff members. Many other individuals who are not officially members of the CNBC participate in the activities of the Center.

Major Research Themes
The outstanding faculty of the CNBC includes researchers investigating normal processes and disorders of cognition, and there is a great deal of interest in learning and development. We stress the convergent use of a wide range of methods to investigate topics ranging from sensory processing and motor control to language, semantic cognition, and reasoning.

Other Information
The CNBC is a joint project of the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon, integrating the strengths of the University of Pittsburgh in basic and clinical neuroscience with the strengths of Carnegie Mellon in psychology, computer science, biological sciences, and statistics.

Degrees
The CNBC has a Ph.D. Program.

Website
Carnegie Mellon Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition

Address
Graduate Admissions - CNBC

4450 Fifth Avenue

115 Mellon Institute

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Telephone
(412) 268-4000

E-mail
cnbc-admissions@cnbc.cmu.edu